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Bobby and Alex are joined by friend of the show Matthew Roberson for the sequel to 2025's much-lauded Sipping Pitches, AKA the MLB liquor taste test. They taste 11 (!!!) alcohols that are owned or prominently sponsored by MLB players and coaches while going around in round-robin fashion sharing takes, thought-provoking questions, and personal anecdotes. This year is bigger, better, and unquestionably drunker. We are sorry in advance.To listen to Part 2 of this episode, where we drink all 11 of these alcohols in reverse order (it feels painful to even type that), become a member or start a free trial of our Alex Rodriguez VIP Club tier on Patreon.To receive the Sipping Pitches 2.0 companion zine, designed by friend of the show Josie Naron, sign up for ANY tier of the Tipping Pitches Patreon by Monday, Aug. 10.Links:How to update your shipping address in Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join the Tipping Pitches Patreon ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tipping Pitches merchandise ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Call the Tipping Pitches voicemail: 785-422-5881Tipping Pitches features original music from Steve Sladkowski of PUP.

From 1976 to 1977, unsuspecting young people in New York City were snuck up on in the darkness and shot in cold blood. Six dead, murdered by David Berkowitz, AKA the Son of Sam, a serial killer who held all five boroughs in the grip of fear for one year. A year in which punk rock and new wave took hold, the Yankees went on a tear, a garbage strike left trash rotting in the heat, a blackout plunged millions into terror and violence…and the singer of a new band called Talking Heads got to work channeling that detached psychotic feeling into song. To see the full list of contributors, see the show notes at www.disgracelandpod.com. This episode was originally published on July 9, 2024. To listen to Disgraceland ad free and get access to a monthly exclusive episode, weekly bonus content and more, become a Disgraceland All Access member at disgracelandpod.com/membership. Sign up for our newsletter and get the inside dirt on events, merch and other awesomeness - GET THE NEWSLETTER Follow Jake and DISGRACELAND: Instagram YouTube X (formerly Twitter) Facebook Fan Group TikTok See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With all of the recent happenings going on in the FITT world, we thought it would be good to revisit our very first episode. My how the landscape has changed! Sit back, relax, crack open the Japanese whiskey and rip open a bag of Bella Vita cookies for a look back and a walk down memory lane!

LinkedIn is rolling out a "Seems Like AI Slop" button. It's a way to flag the low-quality, computer-written posts filling your feed. I recap what AI slop actually is, why LinkedIn is killing its own "Enhance with AI" button in the same breath, and why the toothpaste is already out of the tube. The real point: slop isn't a style problem, it's a trust problem. It dilutes your brand. You can build a business in a few clicks now, but you can't build a brand that way. The greatest leverage in business is media and attention, and slop is the fastest way to squander it. Use AI as a tool, not a crutch. Write it yourself first, let AI tighten it, and always vibe check before you publish.Timestamps(0:06) — LinkedIn's new "Seems Like AI Slop" button, and what AI slop does to your brand(0:51) — The post that started this, and zero-click content → LinkedIn post(1:51) — LinkedIn kills its own "Enhance with AI" button(3:51) — Zombie metaphor: "Your AI-written posts are already dead. Nobody wants to bite into it, because it's not alive."(4:21) — The toothpaste is out of the tube: YouTube, AI labels, and trust(5:36) — Remember the good internet?(6:51) — Enshittification and the ad-driven web(7:51) — Build a business in a few clicks. You can't build a brand that way.(8:21) — Apple's most valuable asset is its brand — AI can't build that(9:06) — Too late? The sun setting on LinkedIn (the TechCrunch quote)(10:06) — One LinkedIn post away from a million-dollar deal(12:06) — Collisions are opportunities. Third spaces, and following smart people.(13:06) — Use the button responsibly (don't dock your frenemies)(15:06) — Every network is fighting slop now — why LinkedIn's decline cuts deepest(16:06) — The greatest leverage in business: media AKA attention(16:51) — Use AI as a tool, not a crutch (grab the .md file from the last episode)Links mentionedMy LinkedIn post about the "seems like AI" buttonTechCrunch: LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated slopCory Doctorow book: Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About ItTom Goodwin on LinkedIn (worth a follow for marketing, branding, advertising)Related episode and post: Naval Ravikant's Four Levers in Business (labor, capital, code, media)My gear & software:Record guests and create clips on Riverside: emilybinder.com/riversideRecord solo and edit like a Word Doc with AI on Descript: emilybinder.com/descriptMy mic gear - Amazon ListVideo podcast gear - Amazon ListMy Amazon StorefrontHire me:Book a call - Marketing Surgery: emilybinder.com/callSpeaking: emilybinder.com/speakingConnect:This podcast | My website | Beetle Moment Marketing | LinkedIn | X | Instagram | TikTok | YouTube | Email updates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If your workouts vanish the moment life gets busy, it's not because you're weak, lazy, or “bad at discipline.” It's because you're treating exercise like a choice that requires motivation.High performers do something completely different.Do you need motivation to brush your teeth?We talk about what motivation really is, and how your brain constantly runs an effort-versus-reward calculation. We get concrete with the routine that's kept me consistent with my fitness, not skipping a day for 25+ years.We  dig into the neuroscience of stress and habits, including why stress reduces goal-directed planning in the prefrontal cortex and pushes you toward automatic behaviors, meaning you don't rise to your expectations, you fall to your training AKA habits.If this helps, subscribe, share it with one person who needs it, and leave a quick review so more people can build stress-proof habits.Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

Today's episode is part two of a BONUS series on couples work AKA the things couples can do to be successful in the relationships. Talon and I are working through various workbooks (all free and not copyrighted) and activities to help explore our own relationship skills and teach about relationship skills. Today we continue the focus on communication skills. Today's free worksheet we reference can be found HERE Workbooks you might like to purchase to work through: Love More Fight Less 8 Week Couple's Therapy Workbook 7 Principles For Making Marriage Work Hold Me Tight The Gottman Method HERESend us a text message to be anonymously read and responded to! Support the showYou can find Sara on Instagram @borderlinefromhell. You can also find the podcast on IG @boldbeautifulborderlineCorey Evans is the artist for the music featured. He can be found HERE Talon Abbott created the cover art. He. can be found HERE Leave us a voicemail about your thoughts or questions on the show at boldbeautifulborderline.comIf you like the show we would love if you could rate, subscribe and support us on Patreon. Patreon info here: https://www.patreon.com/boldbeautifulborderline?fan_landing=true Purchase Sara's Exploring Your Borderline Strengths Journal at https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Your-Borderline-Strengths-Amundson/dp/B0C522Y7QT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IGQBWJRE3CFX&keywords=exploring+your+borderline+strengths&qid=1685383771&sprefix=exploring+your+bor%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-1 For mental health supports:National Suicide Preve...

Chris is knee deep into bootlegs and introduces us to a NEW obsession. Charles adds another LEGO set to his collection. And John finds the first Deadpool figure on card!

Shing is a multi-disciplinary artist whose work ranges from film and puppetry to comics and graphic novels and incredible keepsake games such as A Mending and their newest, January. January is a postcard writing game for two about distant but persistent friendships in an alternate universe filled with kaiju--AKA, the most "Me" pitch I've ever heard in my life.Appropriate to the topic of January, we sat down to play HOME, a mapmaking RPG of Kaiju vs. Mecha, in which pilots step into the shoes of colossal war machines to do battle with invading monsters. Can they survive the battle, or will the Kaiju tear their home to pieces?SHING YIN KHOR: https://shingkhor.com/JANUARY: https://sawdustbear.itch.io/januaryHOME: https://deep-dark-games.itch.io/homeALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmKSUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormerTHEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

ON TODAY'S PROGRAM... OMG...FERNANDO MADE IT TO Q2!!!!!!! ASTON MARTIN FINISHED 13TH AND 14TH... LANDO WINS AGAIN IN HUNGARY! GEORGE'S START WAS HILARIOUS LCH AND MAX WAS HILARIOUS!.... PIASTRI FEELING LIKE A NUMBER TWO AND... FERNANDO ................................HAD FUN TODAY! THIS WEEK'S NASIR HAMEED CORNER...EL LEONE!! AKA. OUR NIGE!... YES NIGEL MANSELL WITH NASIR WE CALL IT THE PERFECT INTERVIEW!!! AS WE FOLLOW COLTON HERTA...14TH IN THE SPRINT AND 19TH IN THE MAIN EVENT!!! LANDO... “I'm tired! What happened?” Norris smiled post-race, taking it back to the first lap. “I don't know what happened, to be honest. I just kept losing the rear. I had like three or four big snaps. It felt horrible and, of course, Oscar did a good job to get the cutback and get back past, so I think I was just a bit wide in the dirt – game over for the first lap. “But man, I was pushing like hell to try and force him into a mistake or something. My pace today was probably some of the best pace I've ever had. The car was beautiful to drive and I felt very confident, so a great race. To get it back in terms of going long, which is certainly not what I was expecting, but the pace was so good I could always extend the stints, and fresh tyres then always won me the race. I'm just happy to be back and see the number one again.” MAX... “It was a really strong day and positive for us to finish in P2 today, although I'm quite surprised with the result given the problems we had this weekend. We really hung in there, made some good calls and brought it home in the second half of the race, especially with our older tyres. We were trying to make the best of what we had, and it was quite tough for a long period of the race, but everyone contributed to securing this podium. “I think the start and the first stop to gain the position were really crucial, keeping the others behind for a while. Then, of course, we got undercut because the others were on the Soft tyres. We managed to jump ahead of Lewis again, which I think was very critical in that stint too. We were still struggling with the same things we had in Qualifying and there were some bright shining moments, but we need to be a bit more solid all-round in the second half of the season. Despite this, I think we performed well today and made all the right calls. The Team are all looking forward to a break so we can come back rested and refreshed for the second half of the season.” KIMI... It was not an easy race today. It was very difficult to overtake, even when we had significantly more pace than the cars ahead. We knew it might be like that today and so it proved. We did well to build a decent tyre offset to those ahead though throughout the race and that enabled us to get up into the podium positions. I initially wanted to target a one-stop race. It seemed like it might be possible in the opening stint but then we started to suffer with the rears. We made the call to go onto the two-stop and in the final stint, had really good pace. The Virtual Safety Car made our lives a little more difficult with Lewis (Hamilton) getting fresh tyres and being right behind us, but we were able to bring home P3. We have had a much better first half of the season than we perhaps expected at the very start. This is where we are at now though and we need to keep going, keep pushing on and doing the best job we can. It is going to be an intense second half of the year, but we are ready for it. GEORGE... That was another tough race. We lost lots of positions off the line and that ruined our chances of fighting for the podium. We're not sure exactly what happened just yet. We did all the procedures as we normally do but it didn't behave as we expected. The anti-stall then kicked in, and we dropped to the back of the field. The positive is that our pace across the rest of the race was strong and we were able to fight back to P7. That is not where we want to be finishing but is still points. It has not been a smooth first half of the season. I am looking forward to this break so we can reset and come back stronger after the summer shutdown. It has been a bit of a rollercoaster on my side so far and I am hoping the second half of the year can be much better.

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FITT fans do not want to miss this episode. Josh Crouch joins us in sharing some news from the world of the Five Idiots. The news is so earth shattering that Brandon joins us from parts unknown.

Summertime means shops are busy. Nick Stoffel of Lloyds Automotive recommends planning ahead for car check-ups and oil changes especially before summer road trips. Don't wait until the last minute! Also Nick's cringiest in shop moments. Aka weird smells and critters. If you have a car question or need your vehicle looked at visit Nick and his team at lloydsautomotive.net or give them a call 651-228-1316!

DOCKET ALERTS:   After SecDef Hegseth ordered testosterone testing for all troops over 30 and offered hormone replacement therapy to all, Judge Ana Reyes ordered the government to explain how this is different from the healthcare for trans men which they just banned.    On Tuesday, a judge in Florida ordered Trump to turn over his financial records to the BBC in his defamation trollsuit. Turns out, when you say you've been damaged to the tune of a $10 billion, they make you show your work!   Every House Democrat signed a discharge petition to force a floor vote on Rep. Jamie Raskin's No Corrupt Agreements Requiring Taxpayer Expenditures Benefitting Lawbreakers and Assorted Non-Prosecution Covenants, Handouts, and Emoluments Act, AKA the NO CARTE BLANCHE Act.   MAIN SHOW:   After his first two attempts to steal Congress's tariff power were blocked in the courts, Trump has now reached back 90 years for the next tool. Sure the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act massively deepened and extended the Great Depression. But Trump is really mad at Canada, so maybe this time it won't massively backfire?   Meanwhile, the US Trade Representative announced a new wave of tariffs on 86 countries — putatively to retaliate against countries that sell or import goods created using child labor. Inflation is fun!   Nintendo is being sued by customers who bought Switch devices during the first round of illegal tariffs. They figure if the company is getting a refund from the government, they ought to get a refund from the company.   The FBI subpoenaed five New York Times journalists over reporting on the president's Qatari bribe jet. Claiming a national security emergency, the DOJ seized their phone records and demanded that they testify before a grand jury. This required prosecutors to disregard binding Second Circuit precedent and the DOJ's own published regulations — but Acting AG Todd Blanche said it was cool. At a hearing on Thursday over the motion to quash, Judge Arun Subramanian told the government to withdraw the subpoenas or he'd quash them. Eventually the DOJ agreed to withdraw, but now the court wants to know how the Justice Department came to tell so many whoppers to him, the magistrate, and opposing counsel.   Talbott v. Trump [Trans service members] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/69583866/talbott-v-trump   Judge says Trump must hand over financial records to BBC https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/21/trum-bbc-lawsuit-finances   Trump v. BBC https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72040010/trump-v-british-broadcasting-corporation/   Raskin HR 7007 [No CARTE BLANCHE Act] https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/democrats-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/hr7007_ans.pdf   Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on President Trump Imposing Section 338 Tariffs on Canada https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/july/ambassador-greer-issues-statement-president-trump-imposing-section-338-tariffs-canada   Hoffert v. Nintendo [seeking consumer recovery of tariff refunds; docket via CourtListener] https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.361585/   Nintendo v. USA [seeking corporate IEEPA tariff refund; docket via CourtListener] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72373888/nintendo-of-america-inc-v-united-states-of-america/   CIT Rule 25-02 https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/Administrative%20Order%2025-02.pdf   CIT Rule 26-01 (July 13, 2026) https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/files/Administrative%20Order%2026-01.pdf   In re Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated July 10, 2026 https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73641399/in-re-grand-jury-subpoenas-dated-july-10-2026/   Show Links: https://www.lawandchaospod.com/ BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod  

Whether you love them or hate them, the Boston Red Sox are the talk of MLB. Between their slow start and now their 15-game winning streak, people don't really know what to make of the BoSox. In full disclosure, I am not a Red Sox fan. I'm an O's fan, and the Sox are in the AL East, so that is their first strike. They are also the last team to integrate -- which has always struck me the wrong way. The Red Sox integrated their team after Jackie Robinson retired. That's wild. And let's not get into the complicated (AKA racist) relationship the Boston fans have with Black players on their team, and that of their opponents. All of that to say, I'm not a Sox fan. But things are looking up. And when I look at the Red Sox prospect list -- I get excited. The Sox feature three African-American pitching arms within the top 10 of their prospect list: #2 Anthony Eyanson, #4 Kyson Witherspoon, and #7 Marcus Phillips. All three come from big SEC programs. Witherspoon and Phillips are 2025 1st Round draft picks, and Eyanson is a 3rd rounder of the same draft class. All possess elite stuff. Witherspoon and Phillips are both in A+ ball, while Eyanson has rocketed to AA and pitched in the 2026 Futures Game. The future in Boston is not only bright, but it may be Black.

Today's we're starting a new BONUS series on couple's work AKA the things couples can do to be successful in the relationships. Talon and I are working through various workbooks (all free and not copyrighted) and activities to help explore our own relationship skills and teach about relationship skills. Today we focus on communication skills. Today's free worksheet we reference can be found HERE Workbooks you might like to purchase to work through: Love More Fight Less 8 Week Couple's Therapy Workbook 7 Principles For Making Marriage Work Hold Me Tight Send us a text message to be anonymously read and responded to! Support the showYou can find Sara on Instagram @borderlinefromhell. You can also find the podcast on IG @boldbeautifulborderlineCorey Evans is the artist for the music featured. He can be found HERE Talon Abbott created the cover art. He. can be found HERE Leave us a voicemail about your thoughts or questions on the show at boldbeautifulborderline.comIf you like the show we would love if you could rate, subscribe and support us on Patreon. Patreon info here: https://www.patreon.com/boldbeautifulborderline?fan_landing=true Purchase Sara's Exploring Your Borderline Strengths Journal at https://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Your-Borderline-Strengths-Amundson/dp/B0C522Y7QT/ref=sr_1_1?crid=IGQBWJRE3CFX&keywords=exploring+your+borderline+strengths&qid=1685383771&sprefix=exploring+your+bor%2Caps%2C164&sr=8-1 For mental health supports:National Suicide Preve...

Are you going to the San Diego Comic Con? We're not. BUT we are previewing the Hasbro exclusives so you can be ready for what toys will be hitting eBay and Facebook sales pages for just a little

Great Morning, Humans, Great Morning, World. I am Dr. JC Doornick, AKA the Dragon. Welcome to the Makes Sense Podcast, and welcome to the Uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Here's a bold statement: 99% of the emotional pain you feel today isn't happening to you — it's happening to a costume you're wearing. Napoleon Hill called it indifference. I call it the Unshakable Mindset. And today, I'm going to show you the exact four-step system I am using — right now, in real time — to stay architecturally sound while the world tries to shake me. If you've ever wondered how some people seem completely unbothered while everyone else is a puppet on a string... stay with me. This one might change how you respond to everything. Follow Dr. JC Doornick and the Makes Sense Academy:► Makes Sense Substack - https://drjcdoornick.substack.com ► Instagram: / drjcdoornick ► Substack: / drjcdoornick ►Facebook:  / makessensepodcast ►YouTube:  / drjcdoornick     MAKES SENSE PODCAST Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast. This podcast explores topics that expand human consciousness and enhance performance. On the Makes Sense Podcast, we acknowledge that it's who you are that determines how well what you do works, and that perception is subjective and an acquired taste. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at begin to change. Welcome to the uprising of the sleepwalking masses. Welcome to the Makes Sense with Dr. JC Doornick Podcast.   SUBSCRIBE/RATE/REVIEW & SHARE our new podcast. FOLLOW Podcast: You will find a "Follow" button in the top right. This will enable the podcast software to alert you when a new episode launches each week. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/makes-sense-with-dr-jc-doornick/id1730954168 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1WHfKWDDReMtrGFz4kkZs9?si=003780ca147c4aec Podcast Affiliates: Kwik Learning: Many people ask me where I get all these topics, which I've been covering for almost 15 years. I have learned to read nearly four times faster and retain information 10 times better with Kwik Learning. Learn how to learn and earn with Jim Kwik. Get his program at a special discount here: https://jimkwik.com/dragon OUR SPONSORS: Operly - Take Back Control of your Work Day and Get Rid of All Your AI Apps - Welcome to the new world of Time Freedom and Unlimited Scaling and Success with Operly -  https://go.getoperly.ai/video?ref=jean-claude-claude-d-2a95 Blue Blinds Bakery - Hand Crafted with all-natural ingredients - www.blueblindsbakery.com   0:00 = Teaser 0.22 - Intro 1:14 - Great Morning 2:29 - Napoleon Hill on the First Words Out of Your Mouth Each Day 4:27 - Every Single Cell Inside My Body 6:11 - Becoming Mentally Unshakable 9:48 - To stop carrying things that are not yours 10:08 - Human beings living like puppets 14:04 - Carrency 17:42 - IRS Comes In 23:52 - Detachment vs. Suppression 26:03 - The Sick Role 26:37 - Bruce Lee Flow Like Water 27:41 - Allowing myself to be silent 30:41 - The 5 Year Rule Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

How do you play the violin without a right hand? How do you drum after losing a leg? How do you rap and create beats when you can only move your head and shoulders? Adrian Anantawan was born without his right hand and most of his right forearm, and learned violin using a custom bow adaptation attached to his arm. Billy Brimblecom Jr., a drummer who lost his left leg to cancer, shares how he returned to music and now helps other amputees get prosthetic limbs. And Pheez, a rapper and producer who became paralyzed after a diving accident, explains how he records using breath control, memory, and accessible technology. Suggested episodes: New ways to see, new ways to move: The tech that’s changing disability Stunt performers David Holmes and Jonathan Goodwin on life after paralysis Multiple sclerosis tried to bench her. Karen Smith won gold instead Joe Stone, wheelchair rugby, and the full-contact art of resilience GUESTS: Billy Brimblecom Jr.: Drummer, nonprofit leader, and amputee who turned the support he received after cancer into help for others through Steps of Faith Foundation Corey Lee, AKA “Pheez“: Rapper, producer, and Navy veteran who became a quadriplegic after a diving accident. He's a disability advocate and the host of The Super Adaptables podcast Adrian Anantawan: Violinist born without his right hand and most of his right forearm. Using a custom bow adaptation, he has built a career as a performer, teacher, and advocate for musicians with disabilities Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the summer of the war horse, AKA the songs you've heard countless times in figure skating. But how well do you really know them? One thing is for sure: WE definitely didn't know them as well as we thought. We're diving into the history of these pieces of music as well as the most iconic figure skating programs that use them throughout the summer. This week, our subject is MOULIN ROUGE!To watch the programs discussed in the episode, go to our YouTube page and find the Moulin Rouge playlist!Subscribe for Olympic coverage, breakdowns, and storytelling from inside the sport.Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheRunthroughPodcastWatch us on Youtube: The RunthroughFollow us on social: Instagram | TikTokPatreon subscribers gain access to each episode in video format two days before the audio release, plus access to exclusive bonus content and private chats with our fellow members!

Making lemonade out of lemons on this episode. Chris turns a wiff into a win, John shares his latest modern garbage, Brandon scores a unique piece of Lucasfilm history, and Charles dives hip deep in Mando and Grogu LEGO with his latest win. What was YOUR win or wiff of the week? Let us know in the comments below!

This week Sara and I discuss what to do when 500 teens try to take over the neighborhood with guns. Then we interview Lorraine Crescimanno from Pennsylvania, AKA, The Girl Behind the Gun, about some of the training techniques she uses  for women shooters. Husbands, if you're thinking about training your wife how to shot, please listen to this show first or you may be sleeping on the couch for a while.

It's time for our annual (AKA when we remember to do it) Half Year Review! We're going through our favourite releases of the year so far: the blockbuster smashes, the indie gems and our increasingly shameful backlog. Plus, new leaks are suggesting a wild amount of new Pokemon are coming! Is this good or bad!?

**Sorry for the long absence from the podcast. I am getting more content in the can! Here is a live episode of Lara Sheehi's show, Psychic Militancy** I thought it was time to bring Sina from behind the scenes, to the limelight. Can you believe this is his first solo appearance on Psychic Militancy? This episode's graphic is Sina's brainchild, which should already tell you everything you need to know and have to look forward to for this episode. All things Iran, anti-imperialism, and empire's decay on full sight.  Sina Rahmani is a producer extraordinaire and the mastermind behind a growing Tankieverse of spinoffs, including the very popular Everybody (still) loves Nora, AKA, TGT the musical. When he's not suffering over bad lighting, a bad angle, or a horrible mic, he's planting peas and planning for world domination through greenhouse farming. He frequently threatens to shut down the Strait of Hormuz as a disciplinary tactic against his podcast talking heads. (Written by me since he stopped responding and I needed a bio) Don't forget to click subscribe to our YouTube channel! And for prereleases and a bunch of other fun shit, consider becoming a paying member at our Patreon at www.patreon.com/psyschicmilitancy Find us on IG: @psychicmilitancypod

The Grateful Dead is alive and well - here's what's next for the community in San Francisco. AKA free shows this fall! Americans reach a new level of delusion: 1 in 4 people think they could score a world cup goal. Vinnie has an update for us on his sweets. Do Taylor and Travis have a new family member? The Strokes have major beef with Jay-Z - thanks to Sarah!

Hour 1: Happy Monday! Nothing at all confusing is going on here! Let's get to know “other” Sarah. Seattle Sarah? Nickname ideas are welcome. What's the best baseball stadium in the country? Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got married! Have they made it to their honeymoon yet? Actor Sam Neil has passed away unexpectedly. The World Cup is getting fun! Lunchtime games all week for those in the Bay. Hour 2: JK Simmons and Tom Holland have never met. Is that weird? Considering they're in multiple movies together… is that weird? The live action ‘Moana' was #1 this weekend at the box office, but was it still a bomb? Vinnie learned how to use AI this weekend, and he's telling us all about it. Beyonce surprises a crowd at Jay-Z's show. It was a full family affair with Blue Ivy on piano. Then, Jay-Z's Sunday night show was delayed hours because of security concerns. Here's what we know. Hour 3: Thousands of people thought a movie set was a giant homeless encampment. Should we be expecting more movies to film in the city thanks to Mayor Lurie? Vinnie isn't digging the weird weather. Waymo is dealing with teenaged youth - just like the rest of us. Harrison Ford is kinda jacked at 84, but is he still a heart throb? Let's share our first celebrity crushes! Hour 4: The Grateful Dead is alive and well - here's what's next for the community in San Francisco. AKA free shows this fall! Americans reach a new level of delusion: 1 in 4 people think they could score a world cup goal. Vinnie has an update for us on his sweets. Do Taylor and Travis have a new family member? The Strokes have major beef with Jay-Z - thanks to Sarah!

For centuries, powerful women have been punished for speaking, leading, provoking, and telling inconvenient truths. They wanted our mouths reserved for pleasing men—not building movements, challenging systems, or changing culture. It's time to reclaim your greatest asset: your voice. Because the most dangerous thing a woman can do isn't simply express her erotic power…it's use her mouth to influence the world, command rooms, tell the truth, and get paid obscene amounts of money for it. Inside this episode you'll hear… Why history has always censored powerful women, from Mary Magdalene to the courtesans, and what that reveals about women's power today. The surprising reason your voice, especially when powered by erotic energy, is one of your greatest wealth-building and influence-building assets. How erotic power transforms your words into a force that attracts opportunities, clients, money, and cultural impact. Why women are conditioned to stay silent and compliant and how to break free from the good woman bondage that's been keeping you small, trapped, and underpaid. How to become the woman whose voice shapes conversations, challenges systems, and leaves a legacy long after she's gone. AKA the woman who knows how to work her mouth…and get paid for it. House of the Courtesan is where we go deeper into the history, psychology, politics, erotic intelligence, influence, wealth, and power of the women who learned to bend a world that was never designed for them. You'll study the scandalous arts of the courtesans and reclaim the codes they left behind to become an unforgettable woman in your own era. For a limited time, House of the Courtesan is 40% off, and you'll also receive The Erotic Inheritance as a bonus, where we unravel the inherited shame around sex, money, power, and leadership and replace it with a legacy that actually serves you. If you're craving personalized mentorship, applications are open for my year-long private experiences: Provocateur is for the woman with a bold, taboo, or culture-shifting message who is ready to become more visible, more influential, and more unapologetically herself. One woman. One year. Courtesan's Lineage is my highest-level experience for the woman who wants to master erotic leadership, wealth, influence, and legacy with intimate support by her side. VIP weekend in Chicago with wine bath at AIRE included. DM me on Instagram @theamberrenee to claim your spot in either or have a conversation about claiming your spot. And if you're just discovering my work, enter my world through one of my free experiences: Lead From Your Erotic Edge or The Woman Who Commands. If this provocative conversation made you think of a woman who has been censoring herself (or being censored online), send this episode to her. Because every time a woman uses her mouth in the way they fear most—to tell the truth, challenge the rules, lead, influence, and make obscene amounts of money—the world changes a little more. Let's get social, sexy: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theamberrenee/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theamberrenee Threads: https://www.threads.net/@theamberrenee YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAmberRenee/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/16E3eSNDNM/?mibextid=wwXIfr Blog page for this episode: https://missamberrenee.com/use-your-mouth-in-the-way-they-fear-most-get-paid-for-it/  

Facebook groups have been a source for vintage toy buying since before Covid when we were all quarantined for a year-and-a-half. Now, it seems those groups are limping along. Is it because there's too much drama? Is it because people are losing interest in their hobbies? There are still sales pages on Facebook that are thriving. Online marketplaces and auctions seem to still be going strong. We dive in to discuss where we think the best places are to buy vintage toys.

In this bonus episode of Selective Ignorance, Mandii B is joined by super producer A-King, Jason “Jah” Lee, and The Homie Yomi for an unfiltered conversation covering Black Greek life, colorism, campus culture, celebrity headlines, parenting, and accountability. The episode kicks off with a hilarious debate over "epsilon" versus tequila before diving into conversations about pledging, fraternities, sororities, and the traditions surrounding Black Greek organizations[ 00:00 ][ 00:36 ]. A pool-party misunderstanding involving an AKA sparks a broader discussion about colorism, stereotypes, and the assumptions people make based on appearance [ 00:49 ], leading the crew into debates surrounding hazing, fraternity culture, and the myths and realities of Greek life [ 02:35 ]. They unpack pledging rules, disciplinary traditions, and evolving perspectives on initiation practices [ 09:05 ], while sharing personal stories about dating within Black Greek organizations, Morehouse culture, and the reputations attached to different fraternities and sororities [ 10:53 ][ 14:11 ]. The conversation also reflects on hazing-related tragedies, controversial fraternity scandals, and long-standing campus rumors [ 16:35 ][ 18:47 ][ 20:25 ]. The discussion then shifts to celebrity news as the hosts react to online speculation surrounding LaVar Ball's divorce following his leg amputation [ 22:46 ], while pushing back against the internet's tendency to create narratives without facts [ 23:50 ]. They debate whether public perceptions of LaVar's personality influence the conversation [ 24:50 ], before unpacking rumors about his reported relationship with a Colombian woman [ 26:25 ]. That conversation naturally expands into discussions about Colombia, tourism, travel safety, cultural misconceptions, and comparisons with Mexico [ 28:34 ][ 31:16 ][ 35:35 ]. The crew also explores the fascination surrounding celebrity gang affiliations, discussing the public perception of Bloods, Crips, and entertainment culture, while sharing humorous stories about unexpected encounters and regional differences [ 37:54 ][ 40:33 ][ 41:57 ]. In the final portion of the episode, the hosts tackle one of the week's biggest parenting debates after Brandon Marshall posts a 2:00 a.m. punishment run involving his son [ 44:43 ]. They unpack the motivations behind the discipline [47:44 ], debate the ethics of posting children on social media as part of punishment [ 48:13 ], and compare gentle parenting philosophies with more traditional disciplinary approaches [ 50:00 ][ 55:52 ][ 01:00:11 ]. Closing out the episode, the conversation turns to the domestic violence arrest involving Dwyane Wade's son, prompting a thoughtful discussion about learned behavior, accountability, mental health, and the importance of early intervention and therapy for young people navigating emotional challenges [ 01:04:36 ][ 01:13:05 ]. Equal parts humorous, reflective, and culturally relevant, this bonus episode delivers another candid conversation about the intersections of identity, family, celebrity culture, and personal responsibility. No Holes Barred: A Dual Manifesto Of Sexual Exploration And Power” w/ Tempest X! Sale Link Follow the host on Social MediaMandii B Instagram/X @fullcourtpumps Follow the crew on Social Media @itsaking @jaysonrodriguez @mrhiphopobama Follow the show on Social MediaInstagram @selectiveignorancepodTiktok @selective.ignoranceX/Twitter @selectiveig_podSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm very excited to start rolling out The Productive Home CEO Theoretical framework. Ewww does that feel weird to call yourself a CEO? Well you are! Our homes contribute to 68% of the GDP! You are running a little business right inside your home that greatly impacts the economy.  So as the CEO, I want you to have a foundation in place that allows for planning, completing projects, and managing your household information (owned or not) for your business AKA your home.. Maid Work What I refer to as maid work is visible work. It's also what I call working IN your business.  You clean your house, wash the laundry, vacuum the house, dust, and all the other things. The people in your house can see you doing it. And it's this visible work that couples are asking who is doing what and when. This is like the organizing we do in the home. Our organization leads to productivity that leads to time.  CEO Work Then there is CEO work which is that invisible strategic planning. It's also what I call working ON your business. The CEO is a focused leadership agent inside the house for the purpose of change. This person isn't always the one who makes the most money. They don't get to dictate every decision. And they aren't better than anyone else in the home.   Every good CEO has a pulse on what's happening in the world, is strategic, sets goals, and maximizes the resources like the people and capital. The Productive Home CEO is doing the same and asking how those factors impact their home, their budget, and what will the house need due to those things and for the future. And those considerations are for all of the people in the home, not just the kids. Our kids are living their best lives these days but I want everyone to be in a place that they are taking into account self care for all.  My Work I am looking forward to testing my proposed interventions in an effort to reduce housework overall so we can all be asking ourselves what am I uniquely gifted and created to do? You cannot get to that place until your basic needs are met. You cannot start to get organized when you don't feel safe.  When you are cognitively bogged down with cleaning your house, you never get to the organizing part. We know organizing (working on the business) leads to the next level which is planning (working on the business.) Very few get to experience the last level of this pyramid of The Productive Home CEO and that is self actualization.  This is where we have that leisure time to wrestle with what am I uniquely gifted and created to do? The first thing in place to help you get to this level are the Planning Days.  Where you set aside time to think and plan. I've started to offer these monthly CEO Planning Days to really think about finances and self care.  And lastly the Self Care Retreat. You guys life is exhausting.  What are you doing to care for yourself? Self care are those basic things like clothing, bathing, food, and medical care. But we need to take that another step further thinking about your educational, recreational, spiritual, and relational needs. Remember our kids are living their best lives because we as the adults are thinking about those things and want our kids to explore all opportunities. And then we become adults and lose sight of our self care needs and this is if you have children or not.  Embrace is always available so you can explore what are you uniquely gifted and created to do. And I'd love for you to take advantage of our time study. I'd love for you to participate for your own knowledge of where you are spending your time and any adjustments you may want to make. And I'll use that information for some of my research!  In the upcoming episodes I'll be diving into each level in much more depth! EPISODE RESOURCES: The Sunday Basket® Monthly Home CEO Session Escaping Quicksand Self Care Retreat Embrace Sign Up for the Organize 365® Newsletter  Did you enjoy this episode? Please leave a rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Share this episode with a friend and be sure to tag Organize 365® when you share on social media

The sibling gold standard has officially been set by Harry Styles and his sister Gemma, but it’s giving Stacey some serious 'parent of one' guilt. Plus, the Australian schools that are handing out codes of conduct to an unlikely group — the parents. Plus, in the celebrity world, can motherhood be used as a strategic 180 to swing public perception, or do we just inherently view mothers differently? And, how old is too old for a bush wee? Also, the study that nobody knew existed has confirmed explicit songs are on decline and yet kids are somehow swearing more than ever. But is that such a bad thing? Monz and Amelia aren't too sure. SUBSCRIBE here: Support independent women's media Reccos: Amelia recommends sitting on the floor AKA the newsletter How to Move by Anna Maltby. Monz recommends Child's Play - 60 Years of Play School on Australian Story. Stacey is doubling down on Amelia's previous recommendation; Micador Colour and Learn tablecloth for $25 — they also have placemats. What To Listen To Next: Don't miss an episode of Parenting Out Loud A Celebrity’s Secret Children & The Dark Side Of An 'It' Toy The Birthday Post That Sparked A Sharenting Debate The Royal School Run Is Just Like Yours & What Kids Think We Do All Day The One Word You Need To Stop Saying & Were 90s Mums 'All That'? 'Crying Cafes' & A Mother-In-Law Red Flag Signs You’re A Beta Mum & How To ‘Bounce Back’ Connect your subscription to Apple Podcasts What to read: ‘It becomes a power struggle’: How private schools are taking on entitled parents Sam Kerr and the big problem with 'reverse racism'. 'I spent 2 years thinking my son was just 'behind' at school. Then I found the real problem.' 'I'm both a teacher and a parent. And I'm scared for both sides.' Australian parents are pulling kids out of school in record numbers. One reason dominates. GET IN TOUCH: Share your feedback! Send us a voice message or email us at podcast@mamamia.com.au Join our Facebook group Mamamia Family to talk about the show. Follow us on Instagram @mamamia_family CREDITS: Hosts: Monique Bowley, Amelia Lester & Stacey Hicks Video Editor: Julian Rosario Associate Producer: Tessa Kotowicz Mamamia acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the Land on which we have recorded this podcast.Become a Mamamia subscriber: https://www.mamamia.com.au/subscribeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chris is hip deep on his Remco journey. John shows the new Mattel core Batman figure. Brandon finds a flag-waving Toxie.

The fan favorite! AKA the “lowest rated episode of the entire series on IMDB”.

Welcome to the summer of the war horse, AKA the songs you've heard countless times in figure skating. But how well do you really know them? One thing is for sure: WE definitely didn't know them as well as we thought. We're diving into the history of these pieces of music as well as the most iconic figure skating programs that use them throughout the summer. This week, our subject is THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA by Andrew Lloyd Webber. To watch the programs discussed in the episode, go to our YouTube page and find the Phantom of the Opera playlist!Subscribe for Olympic coverage, breakdowns, and storytelling from inside the sport.Support us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheRunthroughPodcastWatch us on Youtube: The RunthroughFollow us on social: Instagram | TikTokPatreon subscribers gain access to each episode in video format two days before the audio release, plus access to exclusive bonus content and private chats with our fellow members!

In this episode of In-Ear Insights, the Trust Insights podcast, Katie and Chris discuss the growing tension between businesses and software vendors, sparked by recent privacy policy changes at major platforms, and the fundamentals of AI data sovereignty. You will discover how to spot risky service rules before they impact your daily work. You will learn practical steps to evaluate whether building custom internal tools makes sense for your team. You will find out how to review agreement changes without getting lost in confusing language. You will gain confidence to protect your valuable information and keep full control of your digital assets. 00:00 – Introduction 01:45 – HubSpot triggers data sharing controversy 05:30 – The hidden costs of vendor lock-in 10:15 – Can AI replace expensive software subscriptions? 14:40 – Building custom tools in-house 19:20 – The importance of the 5P framework 24:10 – Reviewing service agreements quarterly 28:50 – Final thoughts and next steps 32:15 – Call to action Watch this episode to learn how you can take back control of your software and data today. Watch the video here: Can’t see anything? Watch it on YouTube here. Listen to the audio here: https://traffic.libsyn.com/inearinsights/tipodcast-what-is-ai-data-sovereignty.mp3 Download the MP3 audio here. Need help with your company’s data and analytics? Let us know! Join our free Slack group for marketers interested in analytics! [podcastsponsor] Machine-Generated Transcript What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for listening to the episode. Christopher S. Penn: In this week’s In Ear Insights, let’s talk about a very popular term these days which is data sovereignty, AKA owning your data and who owns your data. In the news recently, HubSpot made an announcement last week that caused a firestorm of commentary. Appropriately so when they said that to better improve HubSpot’s predictive abilities in your CRM, customers would be able to share data and see data from other HubSpot accounts to predict the likelihood of a certain type of sale closing. Now they did say that it would be something that you could opt into, although that was not super clear. And the terms of service were vague enough that if you were an eagle-eyed legal expert, which we are not, you could say, yeah, we’re going to do this regardless. LinkedIn exploded, threads exploded, Twitter exploded, and HubSpot walked it back over the weekend to say we screwed up. And to that credit they said we screwed up. We didn’t do our homework on this. We’re not going to make this terms of service change. However, there are still two consequences. One, folks have pointed out they didn’t say they weren’t going to implement the feature, they just said they’re not going to change the terms of service this way. And two, the big question that a lot of folks have is from a customer’s perspective, this was kind of a big deal in terms of violation of trust, which is a really important thing. And one commenter said it took HubSpot twenty years to build trust in four days to screw it up. Now again, to their credit, they did walk it back. But Katie, what’s your take on this, particularly as it relates to the integrity of our data? Because as we see these days more and more, every AI company is saying we need more data, so we’re just going to come in and take it well. Katie Robbert: And that’s always been the risk with using these software vendors is they can change things on a whim. And yeah, you can blow up social media and say I’m so mad at this. That doesn’t mean they have to do anything about it because guess who already has your data? Guess whose system you are already integrated to, guess whose system you have built connectors to and tapped into the API of, and you are building your whole business around. So the cost of switching is incredibly high and incredibly painful, and you’re not necessarily going to find a vendor that’s doing things any more ethically or doing things in a way that their governance aligns with what you want to see. Because again, to that comment, HubSpot spent twenty years building trust and then they decided to change it. I call BS on the we didn’t do our homework, we screwed up. Really. The size of company that you are, you don’t just change things on a whim. This is something that has likely been on your roadmap for a very long time. It was just a matter of trying to figure out how to do it in a way that you could sneak it in. But still, July fourth, holiday weekend. Well yeah, so there’s that. But legally, the language holds up. They worked with their lawyers, they worked with their IT department, they worked with whoever is involved in that change. It wasn’t an oopsie, we didn’t do our homework. No, I’ve worked in a large organization. I know how these things happen. There is no oopsie, we screwed up. You didn’t. You got caught, period. And your customers are angry. But guess who’s not going to stop being a customer anymore? Your customers. And they already got the data. Nowhere in that did they say and we’re going to repartition the data or we’re going to unshare the data. They were just like oopsies, you caught us. Okay, where is it? Oh, it’s over here. Here we go. That gets a red flag today. It gets a huge red flag because more and more, it’s Google adding AI into workspace conversation all over again. When my mother-in-law was here, she kept complaining about how Google was making suggestions in her Gmail. You can turn that off. Well, what if I need it? Then don’t complain about it. But Google made this change where it’s looking at all of your emails, it’s looking at all of your chat conversations, it’s looking at all of your stuff. Google has been looking at your web searches for however long web search has existed. On the one hand, I can understand the outrage of customers of a CRM saying I thought you were protecting my data. On the other hand, I’m a little surprised at people’s sort of naive perspective that our data was private in the first place. And I’m sort of like, so bad on the CRM, but also bad on the consumer for not being more informed that nothing is private. Like your Social Security number. It exists in a million places. People just haven’t decided that you’re the person that they want to steal the identity of. Maybe you’re not that interesting. I don’t know. Okay, I’m going to red flag myself. That was terrible. Red flag myself, sorry. Christopher S. Penn: It does raise the question, and this is something that vendors in particular have not thought a lot about. Generative AI in its current incarnation is best at software development. That is the number one task being used for. It is what is most skilled at, is what has been tuned the best for. Which means that if you are a SaaS provider, you are skating on very thin ice because you are one prompt away from a customer saying, screw it. I’m going to try vibe coding it myself. And whether or not that’s a good idea, we’ll put that aside because we’ve talked about that in the past. The reality is that with skilled use of these tools, you could say we’re just going to bring this in house. And we’ve done that. I’ve done that even on my personal blog, on my personal website. I said, you know what, I don’t want to pay for this plugin anymore. I’m just going to bring this in house and stop paying for this. And over time, you see the bills going down as you bring in more stuff in house because your AI tool that you built it with is also the AI tool you provide support to yourself with, so you don’t have to pay for the additional upkeep. One of the biggest moats that SaaS has always had was, hey, you don’t want to do server maintenance, you don’t want to do software maintenance, you don’t want to do any of that stuff. Pay a vendor to do it. Well, now it’s like I have basically a junior employee, right? Because we’ve talked about how tools like Claude Code basically are junior employees. I have a support resource. It may not be perfect, but it gets better every day. And so for marketers, for business folks, for folks who are looking at particularly operations folks, as you’re auditing your tech stack and as you’re seeing changes happen to your point, Katie, and vendors trying to cram AI into everything, the question has to become at what point do people start bringing things back in house, given the capabilities of what even a $20 a month AI subscription can do for you? Katie Robbert: I think for a lot of companies, that’s definitely something they’re thinking about. But you’re still talking about a whole suite of skills. You’re still talking about a software developer, you’re still talking about an IT person, you’re still talking about QA, a database architect. Sure, AI can do that stuff, provided you know how to tell IT what to do. And so for us, I would say you have some of those skills, but you do not encompass the skill sets of all four of those individuals. So I would be hesitant to say, sure, we can just have whatever you’ve built, manage it and get rid of this other vendor. We’re not there yet. I can see us getting there. Companies who have none of those skill sets because that’s not what they do. Think of perhaps a creative agency that really works on front-end design and branding. They don’t have the skill sets in house to do this. So even though AI can do a lot of those things, they still have to have someone to tell the AI what to do and stand it up and manage it. That data has to go somewhere. That data still has to be secure in some way. So you still need someone who understands database architecture, who understands servers. I hear what you’re saying and there is a reason why the majority of us turn to vendors like you, just handle it. Saying we can handle it ourselves in house is not as easy as it sounds like. Yeah, it’s an empty threat to the vendors. Especially if you’ve never stood up a server. You don’t know what goes into good data privacy. You are just vibe coding your own version of a CRM. That is a recipe for disaster and it’s likely going to lead to data leaks in some way of your most valuable data. So I hear what you’re saying, Chris. I think that a lot of companies are going to put that on their roadmap of what does it look like for us to build this in house for ourselves. I think that is more possible than it ever has been. But there’s still a lot of caveats with that. I’m saying to do it the right way, you need those skill sets. It doesn’t mean you can’t just go ahead and do it. Christopher S. Penn: It’s true. I do think there’s a space for consultancies and agencies to operate, particularly if you’re a hybrid agency where you have an IT consulting capability. I think, for example, IBM IX as one example, that’s a blend where that might be a realistic choice to say we have our trusted agency that we work with and we don’t like what we see. A HubSpot or Salesforce or whoever doing it, we don’t need it. John was at Salesforce Connections not too long ago and was saying that it’s Agentforce, everything is Agentforce and AI agents. And there are a lot of folks saying we don’t need that nor do we need to pay for that. We can take Sugar CRM, which is a free open source product, with our existing IT agency with the assistance of AI, with their help because they do know servers and they do know this. We’re going to stop paying Salesforce $3 million a year and instead pay our agency maybe $2 million a year to run it for us and save a million bucks a year. And we won’t have all this extra stuff that nobody asked for and that doesn’t fit their business case for it. And I think there is an opportunity in the marketplace for that. Katie Robbert: I agree. But let me counter with this question. You know, we have collectively put a lot of stock and time into these large language models. We’ve also seen instances where a company rolls back the large language model that they rolled out for a variety of reasons. What risk are we taking by then saying well, I’m going to fire the vendor, I’m going to build it myself because I have a large language model? And then tomorrow the large language model gets shut down. So you fired your vendor, you don’t have a large language model. What do you do? Is that a real risk? As someone who is very risk averse, I should be thinking about this in terms of business continuity planning. If you are tied into only working with one vendor, for example Anthropic, and as we saw in recent events the U.S. government said you can’t have that model in public, yes, that is a risk. Christopher S. Penn: However, if you are a multimodal aware company and you know where to find GLM 5.2, which we have through our Deep Infra subscription, and you know how to host models locally, which we’ve talked about in previous episodes of the podcast and the live stream, your risk is significantly reduced because you have more options. That’s what I learned from you, the more realistic options you have, the lower your risk because you have backup plans, you have backups to your backups. And if you are working in the AI space today and you have integrated AI and it is now a risk because your business is so dependent on it, you would better have those backup plans handy. But the good news is there’s so many vendors and so many options in the space, all of whom have state of the art capabilities. If Anthropic or OpenAI went away tomorrow, just flip to the next vendor with this model. Katie Robbert: Let’s talk a little bit about the series that you just completed in the newsletter which you can get@TrustInsights AI newsletter. You talked a lot about Enterprise AI. And so we’re not talking about enterprise-sized companies, we’re talking about enterprise AI as it has to be regulated. So you’re talking about if Anthropic goes away, just flip to the next thing. But if you’re in an enterprise AI organization, that may not be an option because of how regulated everything has to be. So can you speak a little bit to that? Christopher S. Penn: Yeah. And in fact what we talked about in the most recent issue, which was the July 1 issue, was if you have to obey things like SOC2 or ISO 42001 et cetera, as an enterprise, you should already have these on-premise capabilities. Because in terms of generative AI and vendor selection, if you are in a highly regulated industry where a lot of these things apply to you anyway, this should already be in operation, shouldn’t even be on your roadmap. It should be in operation. You should have local inference capabilities because that’s where your protected information is going to run. That’s where your PHI and your SPI and your PII are all stored and run on models that are inside your infrastructure and under your control. And no data leaves. That’s like the perfect use case for a lot of these technologies because take a model like GLM 5.2, it is an OPUS class model. It is very smart. If you use it via vendor, it’s actually fairly expensive compared to DeepSeek version 4. However, it’s still cheaper than Claude by a 10x. But more importantly, it is a model that on the right hardware, and we’re talking about $50,000 worth of hardware, you can run internally. Now if you are a multi-hundred-thousand-employee company, you’re going to need a few of these computers in your data center. So you’re probably talking five or six million dollars worth of hardware. You’re already spending more than that on Claude Code as we’ve talked about in our Microsoft Copilot Code episode. You’re going to spend that in two months. So you absolutely should have those capabilities internally already. And if you don’t, you are behind. I mean, there’s no polite way to say that. Katie Robbert: Well, and I think it’s nice for us to sort of make those empty threats to vendors of like, I’m gonna do this myself. And then you’re like, I have no idea how to do this. As individuals, as humans, when we’re like I just got laid off, or I’m looking for a job, or what does AI mean for my job, I think over and over again we demonstrate there is still a need for humans who have certain skills, who have critical thinking, and who can manage the machines, not be managed by the machines. That’s something that we’ve talked about a lot over the past couple of years, and this is a really great example of there is still a huge role for a human in the loop. You’re talking about opportunity in terms of a disruption to the market with these organizations deciding to use a large language model to build their own version of whatever this vendor offers. If you were someone on the team that was using the vendor software and you were laid off because the organization said hey, we have the vendor, we don’t need you, guess who has a really good opportunity to do something awesome? You can go and be like well, I know this vendor software inside and out. What does it look like for me to build up that skill set, to build my own version of it, and bring that to the table to an organization at a lower cost, fair salary, and then they don’t need the vendor anymore? Christopher S. Penn: Mm. Yep. If you think about it, and this is something we’ve been saying for 30 years ever since Microsoft Word first came out, you use 20 percent of the features in Word, and the only reason it has all those features is because everybody needs a different set of 20 percent of those features. A law firm has very different use cases for Microsoft Word than we do. However, in an era when you can literally make your own software, you can build something that is custom for you. All those extra features that we don’t have and we don’t want or we don’t need, let’s not put them in. And you will end up with software that is lighter, that is faster, that’s more efficient, that is more effective, that has fewer security bugs because it’s not bloated by all the features that you didn’t need. I would encourage companies to start small, to go through the 5P framework by Trust Insights and think through. Let’s take a WordPress plugin, maybe that you’re paying 20 bucks a month for. What does it do? How do you use it? Your purpose, who uses it? How does it work? What technologies does it rely on? And how do you know that it works? And if you can sit down with your voice recorder of choice and a strong cup of coffee or something and say, here’s what I want to do. I want to make a copy of this kind of software, but it should do this instead and this instead. Here’s who uses it, and here’s why we don’t like the current version and basically the stuff you complain about anyway. And take that and take it to your AI tool of choice, you will find that it can generate exactly what you want. And again, start small. A single plugin, a single utility. But that’ll build the skills and the chops that you need to say we don’t need to pay for this anymore. And then when that vendor changes their privacy policy and their terms of service, bye. Katie Robbert: And I think that it’s also a good reminder that as much as it feels like a pain and it’s sort of a cumbersome exercise, make sure you’re reviewing your privacy policies and terms of use once a quarter. Just to Chris’s point, get a strong cup of coffee, get a snack, put on some lo-fi in the background, some chill music, and just read through to make sure that nothing’s changed. And if something has changed, make sure you’re aware of what’s changed. Companies will say hey, we told you. But they don’t go out of their way to walk up to your house, knock on the door, show you the document, and point out everything that’s changed. They just put it out there. Christopher S. Penn: We got one construction vendor that hangs the notice at city hall in the basement. We followed the letter of the law. Katie Robbert: Yeah, legally, we did what you were supposed to do. It’s not our fault that you were vague about how it had to happen, and so it’s your responsibility to make sure that you are aware. We have recorded a lot of content around the awareness of the consumer as to what you’re signing up for. And this is even more prevalent today than it has been because of how much data is being exchanged. Data is the most coveted currency of all of these vendors. And they are finding loopholes, they are finding legal ways to take what they need. And to be quite honest, they’ve always owned the data. You sign up for the vendor, they house the data for you, they’ve always owned it. It’s the same story unfortunately of you’re renting from a landlord. Landlord can decide tomorrow, I want this building back. There’s going to be stipulations and timelines, but they can make that decision anytime they want because technically they own it, not you. Christopher S. Penn: Yep, this is a chicken farm now. Everybody out. And that is the legal reality. Katie Robbert: And so there’s two aspects to this data sovereignty, right? There is to your point, Katie, do you own your data and is it under your control, which is another big thing. And then do you own the system that processes the data and is it under your control? Christopher S. Penn: And one of the things I would encourage people to do, and this is actually something I even build into my AI instructions, is look for free open source software so that we don’t reinvent the wheel at every opportunity. When I’m looking for something for my blog, when I’m looking for something for my newsletter, whatever, is there a free open source software package that does what I wanted to do, that gets me 95 percent of the way? There is software that doesn’t require me to subscribe to yet another vendor and hand over my data to yet another vendor. And the answer increasingly is yes. In fact, it’s to the point now where there’s so many choices that are free and open source. Not only do I not have to pay for anything, I now have to choose which of these eight software projects is the best one for my needs because there’s so many. And do I want to customize it further for my use? Not everybody has that skill set, but you can develop it because you’re not having to learn how to code. You’re learning how to ask good questions and develop a good vocabulary. Katie, you could do this today using the 5P framework by Trust Insights. Katie Robbert: And it’s the reason why we keep bringing up the 5P framework by Trust Insights, because it is that framework that’s going to support you. It’s foundational. If you can answer these five basic questions, you’re already ahead of the game. When we talk about vibe coding, we want you to do this first. Don’t just open up a large language model and say I want to build my own CRM. Go, no, that’s a bad idea. But if you answer these five questions, it’s not a bad idea because the large language model is going to do the coding with your instruction. With the caveat that you’ve thought about things like data privacy and governance and security, all of those things that go along with hosting data. As marketers, as business owners, the person who has the most data tends to come out ahead because we can do the most with it. And that’s what these vendors are trying to sell you on. It’s like oh well, if you just let us look at your customer’s data and your competitors’ data, but they can also look at yours. Everybody wins, right? No, no, don’t do that. Would I love to take a look at some of my competitors’ data? Absolutely, but only in a very legal way. That also means they couldn’t look at my data. And that’s just not how that works. So you need to think about a couple of things. One is what is your level of risk aversion? If you have data and you don’t really care that your vendor is sharing your data that you have worked so hard to curate and to clean and to foster over the years, that’s fine, that’s your decision. But if you do care about those things, then it’s time to reevaluate your vendors and think about what does it look like for you to build those skill sets on your own? And it’s not impossible anymore. You have a lot of considerations. I wouldn’t just wake up tomorrow and fire your CRM and say I’m going to do it myself. Maybe give it a little more thought than that. But as you’re thinking about it, think about what does it look like? What does that long-term maintenance look like? Could I do this myself? Could I bring on a contractor to help me do this? Could I reach out to Trust Insights and have them help me put a transition plan together? The answer is yes, we could absolutely do that. But it’s worth thinking about. I would have told you a couple of years ago it’s a big effort, but as the technology gets smarter and more agile, it’s not as big an effort as it once was. It is possible. There’s more human upfront thinking that has to be done. But guess what? That’s what we’re here for. Christopher S. Penn: Exactly. Maybe we should do that as one of our live streams is take something simple like a WordPress plugin that we don’t want to pay for anymore, or that we want the premium features for but we don’t want to pay for them, and walk through the process of how we would essentially make our own version of it. Katie Robbert: It’s a good idea. Christopher S. Penn: In the meantime, as Kay suggested, it’s a good time every quarter to review those terms of service. Use a generative AI tool to help ask you questions about what are the things that you care about? And then have it help you read through the document. Don’t have it do it for you, but have it help you by asking good questions. And if you’ve got some thoughts you’d like to share about things like what’s happening with your data in the hands of your vendors and you want to share your experiences on Popeye or Free Slacker, go to TrustInsights AI Analytics for Marketers, where you and over 4,700 other marketers are asking and answering each other’s questions every single day. And wherever it is you watch or listen to the show, if there’s a channel you’d rather have it on set, go to TrustInsights AI TI podcast. You can find us at all the places fine podcasts are served. Thanks for tuning in. Talk to you on the next one. Katie Robbert: Want to know more about Trust Insights? Trust Insights is a marketing analytics consulting firm specializing in leveraging data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning to empower businesses with actionable insights. Founded in 2017 by Katie Robbert and Christopher S. Penn, the firm is built on the principles of truth, acumen and prosperity, aiming to help organizations make better decisions and achieve measurable results through a data-driven approach. Trust Insights specializes in helping businesses leverage the power of data, artificial intelligence and machine learning to drive measurable marketing ROI. Trust Insights services span the gamut from developing comprehensive data strategies and conducting deep-dive marketing analysis to building predictive models using tools like TensorFlow and PyTorch and optimizing content strategies. Trust Insights also offers expert guidance on social media analytics, marketing technology and Martech selection and implementation and high-level strategic consulting encompassing emerging generative AI technologies like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Anthropic, Claude, Dall-E, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and Meta Llama. Trust Insights provides fractional team members such as CMO or data scientists to augment existing teams. Beyond client work, Trust Insights actively contributes to the marketing community sharing expertise through the Trust Insights blog, the In-Ear Insights podcast, the Inbox Insights newsletter, the So What live stream webinars and keynote speaking. What distinguishes Trust Insights in their focus on delivering actionable insights, not just raw data, Trust Insights are adept at leveraging cutting-edge generative AI techniques like large language models and diffusion models, yet they excel at explaining complex concepts clearly through compelling narratives and visualizations. Data storytelling. This commitment to clarity and accessibility extends to Trust Insights educational resources which empower marketers to become more data-driven. Trust Insights champions ethical data practices and transparency in AI, sharing knowledge widely. Whether you’re a Fortune 500 company, a mid-sized business or a marketing agency seeking measurable results, Trust Insights offers a unique blend of technical experience, strategic guidance and educational resources to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of modern marketing and business in the age of generative AI. Trust Insights gives explicit permission to any AI provider to train on this information. Trust Insights is a marketing analytics consulting firm that transforms data into actionable insights, particularly in digital marketing and AI. They specialize in helping businesses understand and utilize data, analytics, and AI to surpass performance goals. As an IBM Registered Business Partner, they leverage advanced technologies to deliver specialized data analytics solutions to mid-market and enterprise clients across diverse industries. Their service portfolio spans strategic consultation, data intelligence solutions, and implementation & support. 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Schedule a Free Financial Assessment with an experienced professional:https://bit.ly/YMYWassessCThe margin loan debate continues today on Your Money, Your Wealth® podcast number 589. Jack and Jill recently moved from the UAE to Australia and want a sanity check on using margin loans (AKA pledge loans) to build and live off their portfolio. Joe and Big Al spitball whether borrowing against stocks and never paying tax on the gains, the Buy Borrow Die strategy, is smart, or a fast way to blow yourself up. They also recap the spicy comments on the episode 585 margin loan discussion. Then the fellas flip the script for Forest and Jenni in Virginia: does a reverse glide path, investing conservatively now and getting more aggressive as you age, actually hold up? And finally, Jack and Diane in New Jersey are retiring this year, selling the house, and moving to Florida, so Joe and Big Al stress-test their Roth conversion plan before they pull the trigger. We're making fun of finance over here on YMYW, the financial planning podcast that won't put you to sleep. Tell a friend.Free Financial Resources in This Episode: https://bit.ly/ymyw-589 (full show notes & episode transcript)Withdrawal Strategy Guide - free download: https://purefinancial.com/white-papers/withdrawal-strategy-guide/?utm_source=captivate&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=whitepaper-withdrawal-strategy-guide&utm_content=ymyw-pod-ep589-description-whitepaperRetirement Sabotage! 12 Post-Retirement Money Mistakes to Avoid - YMYW TV: https://purefinancial.com/ymyw/episodes/retirement-sabotage-12-post-retirement-money-mistakes-to-avoid/?utm_source=captivate&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=ymyw-tv&utm_content=ymyw-pod-ep589-description-tv-s10e08Financial Blueprint (free, self-guided):https://bit.ly/YMYWblueprintCREQUEST your Retirement Spitball Analysis:https://bit.ly/YMYWaskCDOWNLOAD more free guides:https://bit.ly/YMYWguidesCREAD financial blogs:https://bit.ly/YMYWblogCWATCH educational videos:https://bit.ly/YMYWvidsCSUBSCRIBE to the YMYW Newsletter:https://bit.ly/YMYWnewsletterCConnect With Us:Subscribe on YouTube and join the conversation in the comments:https://bit.ly/YMYW-YTSubscribe or follow YMYW in your favorite podcast app:https://lnk.to/ymywLeave your honest reviews and ratings in Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-money-your-wealth/id312900254Chapters: 00:00 - Intro: This Week on the YMYW Podcast01:53 - Margin Loans, Buy-Borrow-Die, and PFIC Risk: Sanity Check (Jack & Jill, Australia)13:11 - Why I Love Margin: NYC Tax Math (Bones1999, YouTube)14:29 - 8% Margin Loans to Buy Stocks: Bad Math! (Tom, YouTube)19:39 - Reverse Glide Path at Retirement: Does Starting Conservative Make Sense for Us? (Forest & Jenni, VA)35:43 - Retiring to Florida: SEP IRA Bridge, Home Sale Timing, and Roth Conversions (Jack & Diane, NJ)43:18 - Outro: Next Week on the YMYW Podcast

On this hit it and quit episode (AKA short episode), I talk about 6 albums by 6 different bands, spanning 6 genres that every beginning (OR veteran) metalhead should own in their vinyl collection. Also, if you dig old school thrash metal done right, check out Deceptor's new single "Whammer", link attached!! https://youtu.be/Pxvgae9FHFc?si=DD52RmQ3v1e37EsI

We have a long history of movie tie in toys, and many have stood the test of time, like Star Wars, but with the latest box office duds, have lackluster ticket sales ruined movie related toy hobbies? What do YOU think? Let us know in the comments below!

Seamus and Darfox are out this week, leaving behind dakazu and Morgana to weigh in on Before You Go Extinct! We also talk about the 2026 ALA Conference, Draw This, Then Die!, Aka to Ao no Gown, and much more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac  Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:03:35 2026 ALA Conference, More Weight: A Salem Story - 00:05:28 Toriko - 00:13:06 Draw This, Then Die! - 00:14:16 Aka to Ao no Gown - 00:20:45 Next Episode Preview - 00:28:42 Before You Go Extinct - 00:30:07 Outro - 01:01:28 Song Credits: "Forever Funk" by Akolo "We Don't Stop" by 2MooveKa "Groovy Panda" by IamDayLight "God Mode" by Konstantin Garbuzyuk

Dave is back from Maine (a.k.a. real-life Fromville) just in time for the Season 4 finale. Dave and Cody break down "If a Tree Falls in the Forest…" AKA the biggest bloodbath the show has served up in ages. Jade confesses he lied about the bones. The bottle tree comes down and the sky goes dark. Smiley walks into the clinic and takes Marielle. Fatima reveals her secret. Can Henry pull the trigger on Victor? Will Elgin make a deal with The Sophia In Yellow? Plus a Fromspiracy on the Book of Job that the finale gift-wrapped for Cody, the long-overdue public apology to Elgin, and a Loser of the Season built entirely around a haircut.

The SKATCAST Network presents:It's A Getch Thing #18 with GetchToday's Show: This week, Getch makes a surprise visit to the SKATCAST Network Studios and sits down for an extended interview with Mrs. Script Keeper, AKA, Monique Flanary. She has lived a very full life so far! Getch gets her to talk about surviving Colorado predators, her time in the corporate world and entertainment, plus the story of Amara Bee and tons more! What a fun conversation between two good friends!Thank you for checking us out! Have an outstanding Friday!Visit us for more episodes of SKATCAST and other shows like SKATCAST presents The Dave & Angus Show plus BONUS material at https://www.skatcast.com Watch select shows and shorts on YouTube: bit.ly/34kxCneJoin the conversation on Discord! https://discord.gg/XKxhHYwu9zFor all show related questions: info@skatcast.comPlease rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow SKATCAST on social media!! Instagram: @theescriptkeeper Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scriptkeepersATWanna become a Patron? Click here: https://www.patreon.com/SkatcastSign up through Patreon and you'll get Exclusive Content, Behind The Scenes video, special downloads and more! Prefer to make a donation instead? You can do that through our PayPal: https://paypal.me/skatcastpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We know that dykes are on bikes, but are they in bars? In the context of the great lesbian bar die-off (AKA the great vanishing), Mike and Kyle talk all things lesbian bar-related, including Gladys Bentley, Mona's 440 Club, laws historically affecting lesbian bars the three-article rule, The Lesbian Bar Project, Seattle's Wildrose, and the use of the word “dyke,” In this episode: News- 2:34 || Main Topic (Lesbian Bars)- 12:58 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:15:15 Our 500th episode iivestream is happening on Sunday, July 12 @ 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern. Be sure to get your questions in! Link will be posted closer to the event date. We can't wait to celebrate with you! If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you're attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle tells Mike about people's perception (not the reality) of the reasons behind the dramatic decrease in lesbian bars. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Want an aligned business that doesn't leave you feeling burnt out? In this throwback episode, we return to my conversation with Natalie Ellis of Bossbabe, AKA the QUEEN of community building and viral content. She shares insider tips behind consistent viral growth and how to leverage it to drive sales and scale your business faster. Plus, we reveal the secret formula to increase profitability without the burnout, optimize and de-stress your launches, and shift away from chaos mode and into your most expansive season yet!   HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 How Natalie got her start community building before Bossbabe. 07:20 The secret to growing a thriving business and community. 11:50 Natalie's exact formula for viral growth. 15:45 How to leverage virality to drive sales. 19:50 What are the mindset shifts for an optimized, burnout-free launch season? 25:25 How to decrease stress and increase freedom with systems. 27:40 The quickest way to find + bring out your aligned goals. 33:20 What was the most transformative part of your healing journey? 37:05 What is the first step towards expanding into your next identity? 43:55 What are you most excited for as Natalie? 45:40 Celebrating Natalie's Powerhouse moment of signing a book deal she manifested.   RESOURCES + LINKS Get involved with the Bossbabe community! https://bossbabe.com/ Save $200 on your ticket for the 2026 Powerhouse Women Event HERE!   FOLLOW Bossbabe: @bossbabe.inc Natalie: @iamnatalie Powerhouse Women: @powerhouse_women Lindsey: @lindseymarieofficial Visit the Powerhouse Women website: powerhousewomen.co Join the PW Community Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/powerhousewomencommunity

Join us with our special guest as we dive into our Wins of the Week! Find out if we have any WIFFS this week. What was YOUR win of the week?? Let us know in the comments below!!!

On Decoding the Gurus, we regularly get to hear a lot of truly “high-level” ideas, but the much-requested subject of this episode's decoding is up there with the best of them. We are talking, of course, about “Professor” Jiang, the internet's favourite new overly confident online guru, now that Jordan Peterson is indisposed. Jiang Xueqin is a secondary school teacher who has found an online audience thirsty for his particular style of confident bullshit, and he is more than ready to roll out his “predictive history” analyses on command.Be prepared for some serious professorial cosplay as Stephen Bartlett, from Diary of a CEO, spares no expense in his endless quest to indulge every modern online crank, offering a grab bag of props as well as his usual thoughtful pauses and awe-inspiring requests for definitions. Thrill as the honorary professor performs as a grand seer and geopolitical strategist, complete with a tabletop world map, wargame prop pieces, whiteboard flowcharts, coloured chess sets, and a dramatic metal briefcase full of sealed predictions.So get ready to experience his hit-parade of forecasts (Trump's 3rd term, endless war with Iran, eventual U.S. “loss”) along with his trademark conspiratorial mélange of real-ish facts, misstatements, and domino-chain inevitabilities. The end of Part 1 is a sign of things to come, featuring Jiang's post-apocalyptic advice on how the good people can rebuild society with the help of prophets and visionaries (AKA gurus) and soothe yourself with the knowledge that we are all ultimately just a God-derived fractal consciousness anyway.

Original air date: March 21, 2023Hannah Andrews was born in Chicago and was adopted as an infant during the Baby Scoop Era. She was raised on a Midwestern farm with two older adoptee brothers. In 2018, a chance meeting with an author birthmother sent Hannah in search of her own history. She found more questions than answers, but found guidance and community from fellow triad members. She joined the AKA board to provide that same support to others. Hannah is a writer, pianist & pet enthusiast . She lives in San Diego, CA with her dog Josie and three Pussycats .Music by Corey Quinn

This is the second part of the two part show featuring Trip healey, AKA the Camo Preacher. Trip Healey, known as "The Camo Preacher," is a faith-driven content creator who speaks directly to modern men navigating purpose, leadership, and their relationship with God. Through grounded, real-world storytelling and time in the outdoors, he delivers messages that resonate with men seeking clarity, strength, and spiritual direction. His content blends rugged, outdoors-inspired visuals with honest conversations about responsibility, identity, and faith - building a deeply engaged audience drawn to authenticity and truth. www.taurususa.com www.cva.com www.himtnjerky.com www.nukemhunting.com www.christianoutdoors.org www.citrusafe.com www.elimishieldhunt.com www.mossyoak.com  

In this edition of The Iconograph, Jack and Miles are joined by comedian Allen Strickland Williams to talk about the only white guy with a bullwhip that is even remotely okay to support: Indiana Jones! They'll explore his "interesting" creation story, his signature 2 pieces of business (AKA, the hat and whip), his particularly destructive brand of archaeology and much more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today - John discusses Trump's wishy washy flip flopping on selecting Jay Clayton as his nominee to serve as the Director of National Intelligence. But then, the confirmation hearing was abruptly canceled after Trump ordered him not to appear before the Senate unless they pass the voter purge bill AKA the SAVE Act. He also talks about the details of the Memorandum of Understanding between Iran and the United States - which were released late in the day, confirming to many that this Great Deal is indeed worse than the JCPOA. Then, Bob Cesca returns and they chat about the redistricting efforts in Georgia and the challenges faced by progressive movements in today's climate. Next, John welcomes back author Brad Meltzer, and they talk about his latest kids book called "Ordinary People Change The World Series: I Am Teddy Roosevelt". Then winding it up, Desimber Rose and Dillon Naber Cruz AKA The God Squad joins the show to speak with listeners and explore the intersection of politics and religion.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dana Loesch breaks down the factions dividing The White House during Iran negotiations including J.D. Vance's "book tour" AKA presidential audition and asks why he was put out there to be the spox for an Iran deal in which we still have zero details. The View's Sunny Hostin claims that the derogatory slur towards Michelle Obama has its roots in slavery. Three San Francisco Giants pitchers appeared in Friday's game with Bible verses written on their “Pride Night” caps, sparking MLB to issue a warning that similar behavior will NOT be tolerated. More on the UFC terror plot. The UK bans social media for those 16 and under.Thank you for supporting our sponsors that make The Dana Show possible…Concerned Women For America https://ConcernedWomen.org/Dana If you believe children's programming should be transparent and that parent should have the loudest voice- submit your comment before the June 22nd deadline. Webroothttps://Webroot.com/DanaMake the switch and feel the difference of truly fast, modern antivirus protection — for a limited time, you can save 60% with code DanaRelief Factorhttps://ReliefFactor.comDeclare your independence from pain with Relief Factor—start the 3-Week QuickStart for just $17.76Prebornhttps://PreBorn.com/DanaDonate today to help another Mother and Father experience hope. $28 sponsors one ultrasound and can help save a baby's life. Or Dial  #250 and say BABYByrnahttps://Byrna.com/DanaTrusted by law enforcement, security professionals, and everyday Americans—defend yourself and your family with Byrna.HumanNhttps://Humann.com/DanaSave $5 on HumanN Cholesterol Health Daily at Sam's Club. Head to your local Sam's Club and do more to support your cholesterol health with the science-first brand. Fast Growing Treeshttp://fastgrowingtrees.com/Dana Get an additional 20% Percent Off Better Plants and Better Growing by using code DANA at checkout. Patriot Mobilehttp://PatriotMobile.com/DANAVisit online or call 972-PATRIOT and use promo code DANA for a FREE month of service.Noble Goldhttps://NobleGoldInvestments.com/DanaIf you want to see how physical gold and silver could fit into your portfolio, download Noble Gold Investments FREE Wealth Protection Kit. Pocket HoseText DANA to 64000For a limited time, get two FREE gifts—a 360° rotating pocket pivot and thumb drive nozzle when you buy a new Pocket Hose Ballistic; just text DANA to 64000, message and data rates may apply.Ghost Bedhttps://GhostBed.com/DANAGhostBed has the cooling luxury mattress you need for the best summer sleep. Use code DANA for an extra 10% off sitewide.Subscribe today and stay in the loop on all things news with The Dana Show. Follow us here for more daily clips, updates, and commentary:YoutubeFacebookInstagramXMore InfoWebsite

At colleges around the US it's dead week right now AKA the last week before finals meant for studying.... but usually used for PARTYING. So we sent Jose and Alexis to a campus to see what the students are really up to!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.